Mosquitoes are the most important medical species by transmitting some of deadly infectious diseases to human. Established vector control methods involving the elimination of larval habitats, the use of physical barriers, or those involving insecticides are not sufficient to maintain the populations of these species below the epidemic risk threshold. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a species-specific, non-polluting and environmentally benevolent method of insect control. This technique involves the release of massive numbers of artificially-reared sterile male insects that, due to their abundance, outcompete fertile wild males for mating opportunities with wild female insects. In this study we discuss optimization of the sterilization process and present a simple model and procedure for determining the optimum dose.

• Hyun-Na Koo(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Geon-Hui Lee(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Hyun Kyung Kim(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Gil-Hah Kim(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)